Feather Bonnet
Nakoda (Assiniboine) or A'ani (Gros Ventre)
Fort Belknap Reservation, Montana
Plains Indian people consider the eagle to be the most powerful of birds, and its tail feathers arrayed in feather bonnets offered protection in battle. Men earned the right to wear the feathers through courageous deeds and valor.
ca. 1885, eagle feathers, wool cloth, ermine and weasel skins, glass beads, horse hair
Buffalo Bill Historical Center. Chandler-Pohrt Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Pohrt, Jr., acc. NA.203.347
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